# mauka

> English word · Adverb

## Definitions
1. inland, towards the mountains.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mauka